Science: Volcanoes Never Really Die

That predictive capability may be tested in the future. As the USGS
study on volcanic risks points out, the violence that has racked the
U.S. in the past is likely to happen again. This time, however, the
consequences could be far more serious. Mammoth Lakes and many of the
West's other volcano zones are now the hub of busy recreation centers,
many of whose residents are only vaguely aware of the peril that may be
building in the ground beneath them. It will be up to the scientists to
give them accurate forewarnings of he danger.